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    Author of the 2010 New York Times best-seller “The Sugar King of Havana: the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba’s last tycoon”, John Paul joined the FT in 2008.

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    • Sunday, 17 December, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Inside the ‘Gaza metro’: Israel displays Hamas tunnel big enough for a car

      Army shows ‘flagship’ concrete and steel passage built by militants as it faces pressure over Palestinian deaths

      Israeli soldiers walk through a section of tunnel built by Hamas under Gaza, on December 15 2023
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      US president’s unusually blunt comments are strongest sign yet of tensions between the two allies

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    • Monday, 11 December, 2023
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      Israel to allow more Gaza aid to be monitored at second checkpoint

      Added screening at Kerem Shalom could allow doubling of support flowing into strip, say authorities

      A truck carrying medical aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross arrives at a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis
    • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Military briefing: the Israeli bombs raining on Gaza

      From precision missiles to 2,000lb explosives, Israel’s air campaign is one of the heaviest in history

      Montage of destroyed buildings in Gaza, a map of Gaza strip, and a fighter jet
    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
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      How Israel is attacking Hamas’s vast tunnel network

      Subterranean labyrinth thought to be larger than London Underground holds key to Israel’s offensive in Gaza

      Militants in Gaza look inside a tunnel
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      Concerns of New Delhi involvement in attempted killing on US soil come as Washington has been seeking closer relations

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
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      Faced with Israel’s tech superiority, the militant group has turned Gaza into a haven for guerrilla war

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      IDF seeks to take out Hamas’s leaders while keeping hostages alive and maintaining international support

      Smoke rises above buildings during an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip (left). People gather amid the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Gaza City (right)
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      A montage showing militants from Hizbollah and the military wing of Hamas along with a Palestinian flag
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